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September 24, 2006
Sunday, September 24 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., September 24, 2006
We invite all into a common discipline of silence as we gather for worship. Then we will greet and welcome one another into the presence of the Lord.
Prelude “To a Wild Rose” --Edward MacDowell (New York, 1861-1908)
“Abide, O dearest Jesus” --Sigfrid Karg-Elert (Germany, 1877-1933)
Greeting & Invocation
Hymn “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”
Confession of Faith: Hymn # 108 “My Only Comfort”
Based on Question and Answer 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism
Anthem “This I Know!” --Cindy Berry
Prayer for Illumination Deb Fleetham
Old Testament Lesson: Deuteronomy 8: 1 – 10
Deb Fleetham
1This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. 3He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4The clothes on your back did not wear out and your feet did not swell these forty years. 5Know then in your heart that as a parent disciplines a child so the Lord your God disciplines you. 6Therefore keep the commandments of the Lord your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, 8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper.
10You shall eat your fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 72 “Before the Throne of God Above”
New Testament Lesson: John 6: 35 – 40
35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; 38for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”
Sermon “Bread, the Staff of Life” Pastor Robertson
After the sermon children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory “If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee” --J.S. Bach (Germany, 1685-1750)
(Words in hymnal, p. 446)
Response
Jesus, name above all names,
Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord.
Emmanuel, God is with us,
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word. (repeat) ∆
Prayer of Dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Bobbi Kane, Tom Housley, Marilyn Howland-Ross (Pat Short’s friend), Tongsung Chordpunyawongse, Major Kevin Vedder (Army Nat’l Guard), Jonathan & Ali Nichols (World Concern), Jack & Mary Anne Voelkel (IVCF)
Hymn # 47 “Take the Name of Jesus with You”
Benediction
Postlude “Recessional in G Major” --John Stanley (England, 1713-1786)
* The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
∆ Naida Hearn, © Copyright 1974, 1978 and this arr. © 1986 by Scripture In Song. Admin. by Maranatha! Music. CCLI #387100
Next Sunday’s Sermon will be on: “Food for Eternal Life” Pastor Robertson
Worship
…is the quickening of conscience by God’s holiness;
the nourishment of mind with His truth;
the purifying of imagination by His beauty;
the opening of the heart to His love;
the surrender of the will to His purpose;
and all of this gathered up in adoration—
the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable, and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.” William Temple
Welcome
To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are idle and look for service; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whosoever will come--this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of Jesus Christ her Lord.
Guests please sign our guest book and join us in the Fellowship Hall after worship.
Babysitting is available during worship for infants up to 2-1/2 years old in the room behind the balcony. Children ages 2-1/2 through 5 will be in the Pre-School Nursery in the Education Wing. School age children worship with their parents.
Announcements
* Greeters this morning are Barbara Knox & Marcella Verplank.
* Ushers this morning are Steve & Mary Lou Varys and Keith & Dottie Bundy.
* The flowers this morning are provided by Grieke Toebes.
* The Sunday Evening Bible Study will not meet on Sunday, September 24. We will meet again the next week, same time, same place.
* The Pre K-K Sunday school class is collecting items for shipment to some of our soldiers in Iraq. Any of these would be greatly appreciated! I've been told, by a soldier currently in Iraq, that "care package items that always come in handy include: lip balm, skin lotion, baby wipes, dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes,
writing tablets, pens, playing cards, foot and body powder, insect
bite lotion, hard candy, chewing gum, correspondence, etc." Please
contact Amber Pond (743-0292) for further information.
* Applications for the 2007 – 2008 Lay Pastor Training Program have been received by the church office. If you are interested in this program, please so notify Stephanie Cardwell and review the information in her files. Applications must be endorsed by the Session and must be received before October 12, 2006.
* For those wishing a visit at any time by Pastor Robertson please be sure you let Stephanie know you are interested. Pastor Robertson’s office hours are Wednesday and Friday 9:00am – 12:00 pm, or by appointment.
* If you need prayer or other help from the church or know of anyone else that does, please call one of the elders or deacons.
Weekly Calendar for September 24, 2006
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
2:30 p.m. Rosewalk Commons worship
6:00 p.m. Youth
6:00 p.m. 1st year Hebrew
No Sunday Evening Bible study
7:30 p.m. Hebrew
This Week:
Tue., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (SDR)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Wed., 7:00 p.m. Robertson Bible study
Fri., 12:00 p.m. Book Fellowship
Posted by faithpres at September 24, 2006 09:30 AM